
SPH Alumni Q&A: Kung-Yee Liang Makes it to the Top in Taiwan
UW School of Public Health
June 1, 2018
Kung-Yee Liang (PhD, Biostatistics ’82) is the new president of Taiwan’s National Health Research Institutes (a blend of the CDC and NIH). One of the world’s preeminent biostatisticians, he pioneered statistical methods that have yielded new insights into disease risk factors and genetic epidemiology.